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Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm

Qiaozhen Mu, +2 more
- 15 Aug 2011 - 
- Vol. 115, Iss: 8, pp 1781-1800
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In this article, an improved version of the global evapotranspiration (ET) algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data has been proposed, which simplifies the calculation of vegetation cover fraction, calculating ET as the sum of daytime and nighttime components, adding soil heat flux calculation, improving estimates of stomatal conductance, aerodynamic resistance and boundary layer resistance, separating dry canopy surface from the wet and dividing soil surface into saturated wet surface and moist surface.
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This article is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.The article was published on 2011-08-15. It has received 2052 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Evapotranspiration & Meteorological reanalysis.

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Multiscale Validation of the 8-day MOD16 Evapotranspiration Product Using Flux Data Collected in China

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On the potentials of multiple climate variables in assessing the spatio-temporal characteristics of hydrological droughts over the Volta Basin.

TL;DR: The ICA-derived spatio-temporal hydrological drought patterns show Burkina Faso and the Lake Volta areas as predominantly drought zones and the statistically significant negative correlations of pacific decadal oscillations suggest the possible influence of low frequency large scale oscillations in the observed wet and dry regimes over the basin.
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Satellite-based hydrological dynamics of the world's largest continuous wetland

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the potential for closing the water balance purely from remote sensing (RS) sources and quantify the hydrological dynamic of the Pantanal (Brazil), the world's largest continuous wetland.
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A review of 40 years of hydrological science and practice in southern Africa using the Pitman rainfall-runoff model

TL;DR: The 40th anniversary of the initial development of the Pitman rainfall runoff (developed in South Africa and widely applied throughout southern Africa) approximately coincides with the end of the IAHS PUB programme and the start of a new decade focussing on hydrological change (Panta Rhei) and society as mentioned in this paper.
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Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Simulated Evapotranspiration and Streamflow over Texas Using the WRF-Hydro-RAPID Modeling Framework

TL;DR: Lin et al. as discussed by the authors evaluated a large-scale hydrologic modeling framework (WRF-Hydro-RAPID) in terms of its high-resolution simulation of evapotranspiration (ET) and streamflow over Texas (drainage area: 464,135 km).
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